THE NEW YORK TIMES – The Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group, which already owns the AMC chain of multiplex cinemas, is poised to buy a majority stake in a Hollywood production company that makes blockbuster-style movies.

THE WASHINGTON POST – Jack Ma’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. looks to be getting a better deal in its $266 million acquisition of the South China Morning Post and related assets, compared with recent newspaper deals including the purchase by Amazon.com Inc.’s Jeff Bezos of the Washington Post.

CHICAGO TRIBUNE – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., the e-commerce giant headed by billionaire Jack Ma, agreed to buy Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post and other affiliated media assets as the Internet tycoon follows in the footsteps of Jeff Bezos in pursuing the revival of a century-old newspaper.

BLOOMBERG BUSINESS – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., the e-commerce giant headed by billionaire Jack Ma, agreed to buy Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post and other affiliated media assets as the Internet tycoon follows in the footsteps of Jeff Bezos in pursuing the revival of a century-old newspaper.

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST – Last week I talked about Manchester City’s big plans for China; stage one was unveiled two days later, when they announced that China Media Capital and CITIC were buying 13 per cent of City’s parent company for US$400 million.

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST – Last week I talked about Manchester City’s big plans for China; stage one was unveiled two days later, when they announced that China Media Capital and CITIC were buying 13 per cent of City’s parent company for US$400 million.